GEOGRAPHY

Manufacturing industry refers to the turning of both organic and inorganic raw materials and substances into finished or new products by mechanical or chemical processes at home (cottage) or in ...

The ocean occupies over 70 percent or 360 million square kilometers of the earth’s total area of 510 million square kilometers. The oceanographers often study the oceans, the ocean water ...

The relief of West Africa can be grouped into three classes as follows: 1. The lowlands: These areas are below 300m above the sea-level and are made up of sedimentary ...

Denudation is an erosive process of breaking and removing the rocks from the surface of the earth. It is the wearing away of the terrestrial land by weathering, erosion, moving ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may be defined as sub-regional organization formed by West African countries mainly to promote co-operation and development in all economic fields and of ...

Tourism can be defined as the process or act which involves people visiting places of interest where they can relax, derive pleasure and entertainment. Tourism is also the act of ...

LOCATION Africa is located between latitude 37 degrees north and 35 degrees south of the equator and longitudes 17 degrees west and 51 degrees east of the Greenwich Meridian. POSITION ...

SIZE West Africa occupies about one fifth of the area of Africa and has a total land area of approximately 6,143,000 square kilometres. The main offshore islands include Sao Tome, ...

An earthquake is the rapid vibration of the earth created by a sudden movement of large sections of rock. An earthquake is a sudden motion or trembling in the earth ...

Landforms are defined as specific features that appear on the Earth's surface. Some examples are mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys and hills. Oceans and continents illustrate the largest grouping of landforms. Landforms ...